So, which would you prefer? Less reliable information, or more reliable? It would all begin with a simple sighting report. The sighting information would subsequently expand to include ship numbers, types, course and speed. As time passed, and additional reports were received, confidence in the rep...

The final planned version of the "Alternate Panel Art-Combined Fleets" file set is available for download here: https://www.mediafire.com/file/n3fwamssgzsjupp/Alternate_Panel_Art-Combined_Fleets_Version_1.2.zip/file From the README file: Alternate Panel Art - Combined Fleets Version 1.2 *...

I believe that this has been commented on before, but there's at least one "zoom level" at which the red/blue dots are all but indiscernible. In fact, I routinely resort to using the jump map to locate items. Even then, however, the exercise can prove a challenge. I'd post a screenshot, bu...

A third approach to simulating a Pearl Harbor attack, partly hypothetical, a scenario in which the USN player is alerted to the oncoming attack...but not by much. In this scenario, US air defenses could be scrambled and better able to respond. Some variability in the level of response would be a pos...

Kamikazes. Why? Well, the IJN had essentially lost the ability to compete with American carriers by mid-1943. That's why its leaders resorted to suicide attacks after the Philippine Sea debacle. In a competitive game? Points would be accumulated for damage inflicted on enemy installations (primarily...

It took me the better part of an afternoon to get Workstation Player running on my desktop, but it's really proved to be worth the hassle. I've got it setup with an installation of WinXP/SP3 and it runs MOST of my older games, the old Talonsoft titles, for instance, quite nicely. That said, there's ...

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What REALLY got me started on this topic was a bit of a mind-bender that I had this morning. I had edited up new panels for a Japanese CVL class, Junyo. I went in-game to check it out, and was greeted by Junyo wearing the updated art, but a sister-ship in her class, Hiyo, displaying the older-style ...

I was clicking through some ship icons on the game map recently and I discovered a "feature" of the game graphics of which I was unaware. The icons in question were destroyers and arranged in a line. As I worked my way through the formation, something odd happened, at least insofar as what...

I always loved the old Talonsoft game "Age of Sail" programmed by John Tiller. A dear friend borrowed the game and it was never returned. Tom wasn't a wargamer, but he was a huge fan of the Patrick O'Brian books. Hence, his interest in AoS. I've always assumed that he left the game in a C...